Ianthe Tridentarius, Princess of Ida, daughter of the Third House, the Pale Twin, and the Saint of Awe, eighth Lyctor to serve the King Undying.

This profile shot might be my favorite one from the whole photoshoot!

Photo by Allison the Photographer

Cosplay by me

Wig from sylvia_wigs on alieexpress

Happy Halloween! Spooky day seems like the best time to post my costest of John Doe from the horror podcast Malevolent!

This was a super fun cosplay to make, especially since this is a character from an audio-based medium who has no corporeal form in the story to begin with. Design-wise, I took inspiration from both the cover of the 1865 edition of Robert W. Chambers’ novel “The King in Yellow”, as well as various fandom interpretations of the character.

I can't wait to debut him at Anime Frontier alongside a friend of mine who will be cosplaying Arthur!

“You lived what anybody gets. You got a lifetime.”

Finally debuting my cosplay of Death of the Endless from "The Sandman" comics by one of my favorite authors, Neil Gaiman!

Death is one of my favorite characters in Sandman, and I had a ton of fun bringing her to life.

(Also, on the off-chance that Neil sees this since he is, in fact, a tumblr user: hi Neil! I love your work!)

EVERYBODY LOOK AT MY SON

I'm steadily working on Lilia's book 7 outfit (so far, I've done his belt, wig, gloves, pants, and scalemail half-skirt), and I decided to make a quick egg prop to carry around!

The lil plushie was a custom from Etsy that I had made before I even decided to cosplay General Lilia because I simply wanted a baby Malleus plushie.

The egg was a gold plastic easter egg that I spray painted purple, covered in different kinds of glitter and iridescent powder, and then added the tendrils using a black hot glue.

Here's the scalemail skirt! The scales and rings are all anodized aluminum and the gems are resin from Etsy. I wove everything myself and its very lightweight, especially for being made of real metal.

“Everything I am, I learned from you.”

More Malevolent! The first shot was inspired by the famous bar scene in Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining".

Photo by Allison the Photographer

Arthur Lester cosplay by Maeviary

John Doe cosplay by me

“How many times can you fracture a soul until it's only a shell of its former?”

Its Malevolent Monday! Super excited to show off the first photo from the Malevolent photoshoot I did at Anime Frontier! We were lucky enough to find a wonderful bar/book store/speakeasy/cigar lounge to shoot these at and the shots came out wonderful! Stay tuned for more!

Photo by Allison the Photographer

Arthur Lester cosplay by Maeviary

John Doe cosplay by me

“Does the divide really seem that vast anymore? The line between you and I?”

A couple of solo shots from the Malevolent photoshoot! This shoot in particular was was a really fun and interesting challenge for me, as I had to emote without facial expressions due to the mask. And if you look at the suit lining of Arthur's jacket, the fabric is printed with the sheet music for Faroe's Song!

Photo by Allison the Photographer

Arthur Lester cosplay by Maeviary

John Doe cosplay by me

"Alas. I have a bad personality and a stupefying deficit of attention."

So excited to share my Ianthe photoshoot with everyone! This was my first big cosplay shoot with a photographer and I'm so pleased with how everything came out!

The bone arm for this cosplay remains one of my favorite things I've ever made, and I'm so glad it photographed well! You can see the arm in motion here.

Photo by Allison the Photographer

Cosplay by me

Wig from sylvia_wigs on aliexpress

Ianthe the First, eighth necrosaint to serve the King Undying

I still need to make the Lyctor cloak, but my Ianthe cosplay is pretty much done!

(WIP) All pinned up and ready to sew!

Remember that ~secret~ project I was teasing? Well, here it is!

I decided to make this iconic jacket from one of my favorite horror movies, the 1987 vampire flick "The Lost Boys"! The jacket is worn by one of the titular vampires, Marko. This is my first time making something from a live action piece of media, so I spent weeks hunting down the vintage tapestries and patches from the movie to be as accurate as possible. This is still a WIP; once the tapestries have been affixed to the jacket, I'll start on the patches!

Test driving my Michael Distortion hands and I’m mostly happy with them! I love how the full articulation makes them extra unsettling. It’s not the most elegant rig, and I might re-make them in the future, but for now, I’m satisfied.

To make these, I used a plastic Halloween hand as a base, which I then covered in foam clay to make it look more like skin and sculpted the claws. Then I painted them to look as close to my skin tone as possible. The last piece was a cotton fingerless glove in my skin tone to hide the hand mechanism.

“Nothing gold can stay.”

How about that season 4 finale?? That might be my new favorite episode of the whole podcast, beating out episode 20. I cannot wait for season 5!

Photo by Allison the Photographer

John Doe cosplay designed, made, and worn by me

"I do remember my name, Arthur. I am the King in Yellow."

This photo shoot in particular was a really fun and interesting challenge for me, as I had to emote without any facial expressions due to the mask. I can in fact see through the eyeholes pretty well, since they're covered in black mesh, but I do lack peripheral vision when wearing it.

Photo by Allison the Photographer

Cosplay by me

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Here's my current progress on Michael Distortion! Everything you see here (except for the wig) was thrifted! I switched out the blazer buttons for something a bit more thematic (spiral buttons), and I might add fringe somewhere as well. Next up is to make the hands! My plan is to have them be fully articulated for maximum creepiness, but painted and texturized to resemble skin.

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✨ The Saint of Awe ✨

While I know she's rather divisive, Ianthe is my favorite character in The Locked Tomb! Who's your favorite character in the series?

Photo by Allison the Photographer

Cosplay by me

Wig from sylvia_wigs on alieexpress

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